JULY 6th - Nobody Likes Hail



On this day in 1928, the largest hailstone in the United States was found in Potter, Nebraska. It weighed 1.5 lbs and was around 7 inches in diameter. In 2003 a stone found in Aurora, Nebraska was slightly bigger and officially took the record for largest (but not heaviest) hailstone in US history. For one thing, I had no idea Nebraska had such an issue with large hailstones, but honestly I can’t help imagine the serious damage a pound and half ball of ice would do to a car windshield. Hail. The angry snow. Unless you have no access to ice, it is really the worst of all the precipitation, is it not? I mean who gets excited when it’s hailing? I guess wearing a metal bucket over your head could be somewhat entertaining, but you’d have to be pretty unattached to the whole having your ears work thing. And if 7 inch, 1.5 lb stones of ice are falling you’d have to be pretty unattached to the whole walking around living thing. It is common to hear of people playing in the snow. They build snowmen and go sledding. People play in the rain too. Plus the rain makes everything uber-romantic in the movies. “I don’t care that I’m soaking wet, I must kiss you now.” (Seriously how many romantic scenes happen in the rain in movies. Totally disproportionate to real life). Nobody likes hail. Hail is the bully in high school with no redeeming qualities except to dead-leg you every time he sees you. Hail is being a dinner guest and using the facilities only to see the water continue to rise after flushing. Hail is getting broken up with via text message. Hail is get cornered at a party by a close-talker with halitosis. Hail is getting jumped and beaten half to death by a gang of local thugs. Okay, okay. Hail isn’t quite as bad as any of that. But a 1.5 lb rock of ice cracking you on your noggin would be pretty damn close to that last one. Nobody like hail.



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